I visited Guam with my friend for my summer vacation last September. It was the first time for us to visit the southern country and we were so excited. Of course, we wanted to enjoy a ‘foreign country’ using English. When we arrived at the airport in Guam, we saw many ads written in Japanese. We thought a lot of Japanese visit there. Indeed, we didn’t need English all the time. At the coffee shop, I ordered in English,”Two cafe au lait, please.” The waiter said to me in Japanese, “Dai, chu, sho doredesuka?”. At the department store, I asked the clerk by showing a shopping card, “What is this for?” He answered, “Hosho no tamedesu.” That was really a strange conversation. I enjoyed my vacation so much, but I didn’t recognize that Guam was a foreign country.
H. K
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